The event, which lasted all week at York St John University, culminated in the York Press Business Awards, which were held last Friday at York Racecourse.
York Business Festival was organised in partnership between York St John and The Press, with further support from organisations such as City of York Council.
Brendan Paddison, associate dean of York St John’s business school said earlier this week: “York Business Festival has been a huge success. Over 450 people attended a range of events, workshops and networking events over the course of the week.
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“The Festival was a great opportunity for York Business School to showcase the support we offer to our business community, our amazing students and academic talent.
“We’ve had really positive feedback, particularly regarding the diversity of topics we have covered, which has ranged from digital technologies and AI, through to supporting women in business initiatives.
“All of our events have been free to attend. We’re looking forward to hosting the event again in 2025”
Steve Lowe, commercial director for the York Press agreed: “The first York Business Festival was a great success and looks like it will be bigger and better in 2025 as we will start planning earlier.
“We held our own Marketing Masterclass and we really pleased to have 40 registered to attend. We have already set the date for the 2025 business awards, which is Thursday 27th November.”
He added: “Thank you to The Green Economy for sponsoring the week and we look forward to working with them again next year.”
Cllr Pete Kilbane, Executive Member for Economy and Culture at City of York Council, said this week: “We were delighted to support last week’s York Business Festival and would like to thank York St John University for organising such a great programme of events.
“They highlighted the strength of our city as a thriving business hub, embodying the values of social and environmental responsibility and combining these with an innovative, creative spirit.
“Our Economic Growth team were on hand to meet with businesses of all shapes and sizes and explore some of the different ways we can work together to build a fair, thriving and green economy that benefits everybody.
“I’d encourage anyone with a business, whether it’s a start-up or an established business, to start a conversation with our team to find out how we can help your enterprise succeed – email us at economicgrowth@york.gov.uk.”
